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Tag Archives: CSA President Jefferson Davis
Lincoln: The Triumphal Stroll
The Procession As far back as recorded time goes, when a Great War was over, the victors paraded through their towns and villages, trumpets blaring. Hundreds, and even thousands of soldiers glittered in their armor, assembled and proud. Most marched. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Admiral David Porter, American history, CSA President Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Lincoln goes to Richmond, Lincoln in City Point VA, Lincoln visits Petersburg VA, Presidential history, Secretary of State William Seward, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, The burning of Richmond, The Civil War, The Confederate White House, The siege of Petersburg, US history, White House history
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Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis: The Feud
Two Southern legislators, poles apart, bitter enemies. Andrew Johnson: Mechanic Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was arguably the poorest of our Presidents, measured in family position (low) and wealth (even lower). His father, a porter for a small tavern-hotel in Raleigh NC, … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Johnson's childhood, Congressman Andrew Johnson, Congressman Jefferson Davis, CSA President Jefferson Davis, early life of Andrew Johnson, early life of Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Zachary Taylor, history, Jeffrerson Davis, President Andrew Johnson, President Franklin Pierce, Presidential history, Senator Andrew Johnson, Senator Jefferson Davis, Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson, The War with Mexico, US history, Varina Davis
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Seward and Davis: An Unlikely Friendship
Jefferson Davis and William Seward in their old age. William H. Seward: Republican Whig The 1850s was decade seething with unrest; a volcano just waiting to erupt. The Whigs had always been a cobbled-together party of various factions and sections … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, CSA President Jefferson Davis, Democratic Party, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Pierce, history, Jefferson Davis, Midwife Margaretta Hetzel, Republican Party, Secretary of State William Seward, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Senator Jefferson Davis, Senator William Seward, Seward Befriends Davis, The Confederate President, US history, Varina Davis, Whig Party, William Seward
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